Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

Question 1: A. compulsoryB. certificateC. significantD. category

Question 2: A. history B. confide C. result D. suggest

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

Question 3: “Leave my house now or I’ll call the police!” shouted the lady to the man.

A. The lady said she would call the police if the man didn’t leave her house.

B. The lady told the man that she would call the police he didn’t leave her house.

C. The lady informed the man that she would call the police if he didn’t leave her house.

D. The lady threatened to call the police if the man didn’t leave her house.

Question 4: He last has his eyes tested ten months ago.

A. He had tested his eyes ten months before.

B. He didn’t have any test on his eyes ten months before.

C. He had not tested his eyes for ten months then.

D. He hasn’t had his eyes tested for ten months.

Question 5: He survived the operation thanks to the skillful surgeon.

A. He survived because he was a skillful surgeon.

B. He wouldn’t have survived the operation without the skillful surgeon.

C. There was no skillful surgeon, so he died.

D. Though the surgeon was skillful, he couldn’t survive the operation.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 6: My younger brothers are obedient most of the time, but they arequitemischievoussometimes.

A. Naughty B. hard-working C. well-behaved D. disruptive

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Question 7: You should not wearcasualclothes to the interview. The first impression is very important.

A. New B. informal C.neat D. formal

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 8: In daily communication, you should know how tointerpretother people’s body language.

A. Understand B. answer C. respond D. notice

Question 9: The purpose of this survey is todeterminestudents’ attitudes toward love and marriage.

A. Find out B. develop C. concern D. build

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Who talks more – men or women? Most people believe that women talk more. However, linguist Deborah Tannen, who has the studied the communication style of men and women, says that this is a stereotype. According to Tannen, women are more verbal – talk more – in private situations, where they use conversation as the “glue” to hold relationship together. But, she says, men talk more in public situations, where they use conversation to exchange information and gain status. Tannen points out that we can see these difference even in children. Little girls often play with one ‘best friend’ and their play includes a lot of conversation. Little boys often play games in groups, their play usually involves more doing than talking. In school, girls are often better at verbal skills, while boys are often better at mathematics.

A recent study at Emory University helps to shed light on the roots of this difference. Researchers studied conversation between children aged 3-6 and their parents. They found evidence that parents talk very differently to their sons than they do to their daughters. The startling conclusion was that parents use more language with their girls. Specifically, when parents talk with their daughters, they use more descriptive language and more details. There is also far more talk about emotions, especially with daughters than with sons.

Question 10: Which sentence best expresses the main idea of the first paragraph?

A. Women talk more than men on the whole

B. Women’s talking is a stereotype

C. Women talk more in private, and men talk more in public

D. Little boys and little girls have different ways of playing

Question 11: Which word is similar in meaning to the word “glue”?

A. GamesB. sticky substance C. rope D. means

Question 12: Which of the following phrases best explains the meaning of the word “verbal”?

A. Deriving from verbs B. Connected with use of spoken language

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C. Using very loud noiseD. Being very talkative

Question 13: The word “they” refers to ______.

A. Situations B. MenC. Men and womenD. Women

Question 14: Which of the following can be inferred from the first paragraph?

A. Men and women have different styles of talking, which may begin in childhood.

B. According to Deborah Tannen, the belief that women talk more is party right but most wrong.

C. Women talk more in some situations while men talk in others

D. Men are more sociable than women

Question 15: Which sentence best expresses the main idea of the second paragraph?

A. Researchers have studied the conversations of children and their parents.

B. Parents do not much about sadness with their sons.

C. Study at Emory University can help to explain the differences between communication styles of boy and girls.

D. An Emory University study found than parent talk more with their daughters than with their sons.

Question 16: Which word can best replace the word “startling”?

A. Beginning B.annoying C.surprising D. interesting

Question 17: Which of the following statement is TRUE about the passage?

A. Parents give more love to their daughters than to their sons

B. Boys don’t like to be with their parents as much as girls do

C. Parents use more language to talk with their daughters

D. Boys don’t like showing emotions

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Face-to-face conversation is a two-way process: You speak to me, I reply to you and so on. Two-way (18)_______ depends on having a coding system that is understood by both sender and (19)_______, and an agreed convention about signaling the beginning and end of the message. In speech, the coding system is the language like English or Spanish; the convention that one person speaks at a time may seem too obvious to mention. In fact, the signals (20)_______ in conversation and meetings are often (21)_______. For example, lowering the pitch of the voice may mean the end of a sentence, a sharp intake of breath may signal the desire to interrupt, catching the chairman’s eye may indicate the desire to speak in a formal setting like a debate, a clenched fist may indicate anger. When (22)_______ visual signals are not possible, more formal signals may be needed.

Question 32: The man to _______ we have just talked is the Director General

A. Who B. that C. whom D. 0

Question 33: Though built in 1946, computers were sold ______ for the first time in the 1950s

A. Commercial B.commercialise C. commercially D. commerce

Question 34: ______hard, you will get good results in the coming examination.

A. Should you work B. unless you work C. if you will work D. if work

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 35 to 41.

Stars have been significant features in the design of many United States coins and their number has varied from one to forty-eight stars. Most of the coins issued from about 1799 to the early years of the twentieth century bore thirteen stars representing the thirteen original colonies.

Curiously enough, the first American silver coins, issued in 1794, had fifteen stars because by that time Vermont and Kentucky has joined the Union. At that time it was apparently the intention of mint officials to add a star for each new state. Following the admission of Tennessee in 1796, for example, some varieties of half dimes, dimes, and half-dollars were produced with sixteen starts.

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As more states were admitted to the Union, however, it quickly became apparent that this scheme would not prove practical and the coins from A798 on were issued with only thirteen stars-one for each of the original colonies. Due to an error at the mint, one variety of the A828 half cent was issued with only twelve stars. There is also a variety of the large cent with only A2 stars, but this is the result of a die break and is not a true error.

Question 35: What is the main topic of the passage?

A. Stars on American coins

B. The teaching of astronomy in state universities

C. The star as national symbol of the United States

D. Colonial stamps and coins

Question 36: The word “their” in line 1 refers to _______

A. Coins B. features C. colonies D. stars

Question 37: The word “bore” in line 3 is closest in meaning to ________

A. Carried B. drilled C.symbolized D. cost

Question 38: The expression “Curiously enough” is used because the author finds it strange that _______

A. Silver coins with fifteen stars appeared before coins with thirteen

B. Vermont and Kentucky joined the Union in 1794

C. Tennessee was the first state to use half dimes

D. No silver coins were issued until 1794

Question 39: Which of the following can be inferred about the order in which Kentucky, Tennessee, and Vermont joined the Union?

A. Vermont joined after Tennessee and Kentucky.

B. Kentucky joined before Tennessee and Vermont.

C. Tennessee joined Vermont and Kentucky.

D. Vermont and Kentucky joined at the same time.

Question 40: Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the denomination of an American coin?

A. Half cent B. Half-dollar C. Half dime D. Half nickel

Question 41: Why was a coin produced in 1828 with only twelve stars?

A. There was a change in design policy.

B. There were twelve states at the time.

C. The mint made a mistake.

D. Tennessee had left the Union.

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.